Science news articles about 'infrared space telescope'

... infrared wavelengths. Up to now, detections of this kind have only been made using the Spitzer infrared space telescope. This week, Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing the two first ground-based ...

... The precision of the velocity measurements was crucial for this experiment. Observations from the infrared space telescope had to be centered on the time that the planet passed behind the star, known ...

... afternoon with the dual launch of ESA’s far infrared space telescope Herschel and cosmic background mapper Planck on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.

... , which clearly demonstrate the superiority of Herschel, the largest infrared space telescope ever flown. This image shows the famous 'whirlpool galaxy', first observed by Charles ...

... times larger than any previous infrared space telescope. These images prove that it represents a giant ... ability to study celestial objects at far infrared wavelengths. The galaxy Messier 66 (M66) ...